Due to a recent increase in spam sent to posters in newsgroups, Microsoft advises that newsgroup participants should consider avoiding posting to newsgroups using their real email address. Microsoft is also committed to continuing to address the issue of spam from a technological perspective.
To help avoid receiving unwanted messages (spam) in your regular e-mail account, you may not want to include your regular e-mail address when you post a question or reply to a post in a discussion group. Instead you may want to do one of the following:
* Use a modified e-mail address: Use a different version of your e-mail address that others will understand, but that spam tools can't automatically pick up. For example, if your actual e-mail address is "emailname@.account.com", consider using a modified e-mail address such as: "emailnameaccount.com.invalid", emailname@.REMOVE_CAPS_AND_INVALIDaccount.com.invalid, or emailname@.account.com.NO_SPAM. In this case, the spam tools will send mail to an invalid e-mail address, and others will know to exclude the "(removethis)" when they send you e-mail. When you post a question or reply to a discussion group, just enter your modified e-mail address in the appropriate box.
* Use a secondary e-mail account: Set up or use an e-mail account, such as a Hotmail account, that is separate from your primary account for posting to discussion groups. When you post a question or reply to a discussion group, use your Hotmail account as your e-mail address.
If you have feedback or questions about this, please post a reply in the newsgroup, or contact us at http://register.microsoft.com/contactus30/contactus.asp?domain=communities
Thanks!
Microsoft Communities Teammy mailbox has been flooded with spam now.
Rather than changing email address i think
the right solution should be developing spam filters
which will stop it.
I think yahoo has much beter filter than MS.
>--Original Message--
>Due to a recent increase in spam sent to posters in
newsgroups, Microsoft advises that newsgroup participants
should consider avoiding posting to newsgroups using their
real email address. Microsoft is also committed to
continuing to address the issue of spam from a
technological perspective.
>To help avoid receiving unwanted messages (spam) in your
regular e-mail account, you may not want to include your
regular e-mail address when you post a question or reply
to a post in a discussion group. Instead you may want to
do one of the following:
>* Use a modified e-mail address: Use a different version
of your e-mail address that others will understand, but
that spam tools can't automatically pick up. For example,
if your actual e-mail address is "emailname@.account.com",
consider using a modified e-mail address such
as: "emailnameaccount.com.invalid",
emailname@.REMOVE_CAPS_AND_INVALIDaccount.com.invalid, or
emailname@.account.com.NO_SPAM. In this case, the spam
tools will send mail to an invalid e-mail address, and
others will know to exclude the "(removethis)" when they
send you e-mail. When you post a question or reply to a
discussion group, just enter your modified e-mail address
in the appropriate box.
>* Use a secondary e-mail account: Set up or use an e-mail
account, such as a Hotmail account, that is separate from
your primary account for posting to discussion groups.
When you post a question or reply to a discussion group,
use your Hotmail account as your e-mail address.
>If you have feedback or questions about this, please post
a reply in the newsgroup, or contact us at
http://register.microsoft.com/contactus30/contactus.asp?
domain=communities
>Thanks!
>Microsoft Communities Team
>.
>|||But where should those spam filters exist? If your inbox is being spammed,
then it's because your email address was harvested. If you post your email
address in a publicly accessible forum, such as an NNTP Server like
msnews.microsoft.com, it's going to get harvested and the spam filter needs
to live on your inbox. If the problem is actually that you're seeing too
much spam in these newsgroups, well, we're working on that.
Mind you, I understand your frustration and I'm getting a ton of it too,
but this isn't specific to msnews.microsoft.com or the Microsoft-hosted
newsgroups and the obvious workaround is simply to not give the spammers
any ammunition. :-)
--
Sincerely,
Stephen Dybing
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Please reply to the newsgroups only, thanks.
| From: "Samir" <samir@.yahoo.com>
|
| my mailbox has been flooded with spam now.
|
| Rather than changing email address i think
| the right solution should be developing spam filters
| which will stop it.
|
|
| I think yahoo has much beter filter than MS.
|
|
|
|
|
| >--Original Message--
| >Due to a recent increase in spam sent to posters in
| newsgroups, Microsoft advises that newsgroup participants
| should consider avoiding posting to newsgroups using their
| real email address. Microsoft is also committed to
| continuing to address the issue of spam from a
| technological perspective.
| >
| >To help avoid receiving unwanted messages (spam) in your
| regular e-mail account, you may not want to include your
| regular e-mail address when you post a question or reply
| to a post in a discussion group. Instead you may want to
| do one of the following:
| >
| >* Use a modified e-mail address: Use a different version
| of your e-mail address that others will understand, but
| that spam tools can't automatically pick up. For example,
| if your actual e-mail address is "emailname@.account.com",
| consider using a modified e-mail address such
| as: "emailnameaccount.com.invalid",
| emailname@.REMOVE_CAPS_AND_INVALIDaccount.com.invalid, or
| emailname@.account.com.NO_SPAM. In this case, the spam
| tools will send mail to an invalid e-mail address, and
| others will know to exclude the "(removethis)" when they
| send you e-mail. When you post a question or reply to a
| discussion group, just enter your modified e-mail address
| in the appropriate box.
| >
| >* Use a secondary e-mail account: Set up or use an e-mail
| account, such as a Hotmail account, that is separate from
| your primary account for posting to discussion groups.
| When you post a question or reply to a discussion group,
| use your Hotmail account as your e-mail address.
| >
| >If you have feedback or questions about this, please post
| a reply in the newsgroup, or contact us at
| http://register.microsoft.com/contactus30/contactus.asp?
| domain=communities
| >
| >Thanks!
| >Microsoft Communities Team
| >
| >.
| >
|
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Reducing Size of MSDB
Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent job
runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
control its growth.
Larry Menzin
American Techsystems Corp.
Agent does this for you, if you refer to job history. It is configurable, on one of the tabs in EM,
for agent, properties. What possibly is causing this isn't job history, but backup history. Check
out sp_delete_backuphistory.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
> Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent job
> runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
> control its growth.
> --
> Larry Menzin
> American Techsystems Corp.
|||Just to add to Tibor's answer: If you have a lot of DTS packages, and if
each DTS package has several versions saved, then your MSDB will be huge.
You can right click on a DTS package in Enterprise Manager and select
'Versions' from the popup menu to see how many versions that package has
got, and delete the older versions if you don't need them anymore.
HTH,
Vyas, MVP (SQL Server)
SQL Server Articles and Code Samples @. http://vyaskn.tripod.com/
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent job
runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
control its growth.
Larry Menzin
American Techsystems Corp.
|||The only safe way I know of is to manually delete them. You can however set
jobs to delete after they complete. When you go to the notifications tab of
a scheduled job, you can schedule Automatically Delete Job to have it be
deleted when it completes.
If you are scripting the creation of a job, set the delete_level parameter
of sp_addjob to 1.
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
> Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent
> job
> runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
> control its growth.
> --
> Larry Menzin
> American Techsystems Corp.
runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
control its growth.
Larry Menzin
American Techsystems Corp.
Agent does this for you, if you refer to job history. It is configurable, on one of the tabs in EM,
for agent, properties. What possibly is causing this isn't job history, but backup history. Check
out sp_delete_backuphistory.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
> Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent job
> runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
> control its growth.
> --
> Larry Menzin
> American Techsystems Corp.
|||Just to add to Tibor's answer: If you have a lot of DTS packages, and if
each DTS package has several versions saved, then your MSDB will be huge.
You can right click on a DTS package in Enterprise Manager and select
'Versions' from the popup menu to see how many versions that package has
got, and delete the older versions if you don't need them anymore.
HTH,
Vyas, MVP (SQL Server)
SQL Server Articles and Code Samples @. http://vyaskn.tripod.com/
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent job
runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
control its growth.
Larry Menzin
American Techsystems Corp.
|||The only safe way I know of is to manually delete them. You can however set
jobs to delete after they complete. When you go to the notifications tab of
a scheduled job, you can schedule Automatically Delete Job to have it be
deleted when it completes.
If you are scripting the creation of a job, set the delete_level parameter
of sp_addjob to 1.
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
> Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent
> job
> runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
> control its growth.
> --
> Larry Menzin
> American Techsystems Corp.
Reducing Size of MSDB
Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent job
runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
control its growth.
--
Larry Menzin
American Techsystems Corp.Agent does this for you, if you refer to job history. It is configurable, on one of the tabs in EM,
for agent, properties. What possibly is causing this isn't job history, but backup history. Check
out sp_delete_backuphistory.
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
> Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent job
> runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
> control its growth.
> --
> Larry Menzin
> American Techsystems Corp.|||Just to add to Tibor's answer: If you have a lot of DTS packages, and if
each DTS package has several versions saved, then your MSDB will be huge.
You can right click on a DTS package in Enterprise Manager and select
'Versions' from the popup menu to see how many versions that package has
got, and delete the older versions if you don't need them anymore.
--
HTH,
Vyas, MVP (SQL Server)
SQL Server Articles and Code Samples @. http://vyaskn.tripod.com/
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent job
runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
control its growth.
--
Larry Menzin
American Techsystems Corp.|||The only safe way I know of is to manually delete them. You can however set
jobs to delete after they complete. When you go to the notifications tab of
a scheduled job, you can schedule Automatically Delete Job to have it be
deleted when it completes.
If you are scripting the creation of a job, set the delete_level parameter
of sp_addjob to 1.
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
> Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent
> job
> runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
> control its growth.
> --
> Larry Menzin
> American Techsystems Corp.
runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
control its growth.
--
Larry Menzin
American Techsystems Corp.Agent does this for you, if you refer to job history. It is configurable, on one of the tabs in EM,
for agent, properties. What possibly is causing this isn't job history, but backup history. Check
out sp_delete_backuphistory.
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
> Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent job
> runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
> control its growth.
> --
> Larry Menzin
> American Techsystems Corp.|||Just to add to Tibor's answer: If you have a lot of DTS packages, and if
each DTS package has several versions saved, then your MSDB will be huge.
You can right click on a DTS package in Enterprise Manager and select
'Versions' from the popup menu to see how many versions that package has
got, and delete the older versions if you don't need them anymore.
--
HTH,
Vyas, MVP (SQL Server)
SQL Server Articles and Code Samples @. http://vyaskn.tripod.com/
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent job
runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
control its growth.
--
Larry Menzin
American Techsystems Corp.|||The only safe way I know of is to manually delete them. You can however set
jobs to delete after they complete. When you go to the notifications tab of
a scheduled job, you can schedule Automatically Delete Job to have it be
deleted when it completes.
If you are scripting the creation of a job, set the delete_level parameter
of sp_addjob to 1.
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
> Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent
> job
> runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
> control its growth.
> --
> Larry Menzin
> American Techsystems Corp.
Reducing Size of MSDB
Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent job
runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
control its growth.
Larry Menzin
American Techsystems Corp.Agent does this for you, if you refer to job history. It is configurable, on
one of the tabs in EM,
for agent, properties. What possibly is causing this isn't job history, but
backup history. Check
out sp_delete_backuphistory.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
> Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent j
ob
> runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
> control its growth.
> --
> Larry Menzin
> American Techsystems Corp.|||Just to add to Tibor's answer: If you have a lot of DTS packages, and if
each DTS package has several versions saved, then your MSDB will be huge.
You can right click on a DTS package in Enterprise Manager and select
'Versions' from the popup menu to see how many versions that package has
got, and delete the older versions if you don't need them anymore.
--
HTH,
Vyas, MVP (SQL Server)
SQL Server Articles and Code Samples @. http://vyaskn.tripod.com/
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent job
runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
control its growth.
Larry Menzin
American Techsystems Corp.|||The only safe way I know of is to manually delete them. You can however set
jobs to delete after they complete. When you go to the notifications tab of
a scheduled job, you can schedule Automatically Delete Job to have it be
deleted when it completes.
If you are scripting the creation of a job, set the delete_level parameter
of sp_addjob to 1.
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
> Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent
> job
> runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
> control its growth.
> --
> Larry Menzin
> American Techsystems Corp.
runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
control its growth.
Larry Menzin
American Techsystems Corp.Agent does this for you, if you refer to job history. It is configurable, on
one of the tabs in EM,
for agent, properties. What possibly is causing this isn't job history, but
backup history. Check
out sp_delete_backuphistory.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
> Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent j
ob
> runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
> control its growth.
> --
> Larry Menzin
> American Techsystems Corp.|||Just to add to Tibor's answer: If you have a lot of DTS packages, and if
each DTS package has several versions saved, then your MSDB will be huge.
You can right click on a DTS package in Enterprise Manager and select
'Versions' from the popup menu to see how many versions that package has
got, and delete the older versions if you don't need them anymore.
--
HTH,
Vyas, MVP (SQL Server)
SQL Server Articles and Code Samples @. http://vyaskn.tripod.com/
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent job
runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
control its growth.
Larry Menzin
American Techsystems Corp.|||The only safe way I know of is to manually delete them. You can however set
jobs to delete after they complete. When you go to the notifications tab of
a scheduled job, you can schedule Automatically Delete Job to have it be
deleted when it completes.
If you are scripting the creation of a job, set the delete_level parameter
of sp_addjob to 1.
"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A840316B-9B06-4884-9CE6-25715FDAAD69@.microsoft.com...
> Are there any scripts that can be used to archive/remove older SQL agent
> job
> runs in MSDB? We are running into larger and larger MSDB sizes and want to
> control its growth.
> --
> Larry Menzin
> American Techsystems Corp.
reducing size of log file
Hi,
I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
How can I reduce the size of these?
I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
Many thanks
NEIL
You need to backup log before shrinking it
BACKUP LOG database_name WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY
On Jan 25, 1:05 pm, "Neil Jarman" <n...@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
> Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
> Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
> How can I reduce the size of these?
> I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
> Many thanks
> NEIL
|||Neil
http://www.karaszi.com/SQLServer/info_dont_shrink.asp
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:epa9v6$oo8$1$8300dec7@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Hi,
> I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
> Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
> Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
> How can I reduce the size of these?
> I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
> Many thanks
> NEIL
>
|||Thanks for both your replies.
I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced the
actual used size even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk space.
I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied, can
you tell me how to do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc
is not recognised ...
cheers,
NEIL
|||Hello,
Backup Log will clear up all the inactive postion of the log but will not
reduce the physical file. To reduce the physical
file you may need to SHRINK the LDF file using DBCC SHRINKFILE command. Take
a look into books online about
DBCC SHRINKFILE.
One more thing is schedule a frequent transaction log backup. This will
ensure that your LDF is not growing heavily as well as
make sure you have backup files to recover the database when required.
Thanks
Hari
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Thanks for both your replies.
> I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced
> the actual used size even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk
> space.
> I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied,
> can you tell me how to do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get
> dbcc is not recognised ...
> cheers,
> NEIL
>
|||Hi Tibor,
I used a CMD screen to do this - I presumed it was a DOS type command.
NEIL
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
message news:eWgPBBKQHHA.2140@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> What application are you using to execute the DBCC command?
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
>
|||Hi Tibor,
Many thanks for the help - my log file is massively reduced now.
regards,
NEIL
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
message news:%23VKhZhKQHHA.3944@.TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Nope, it is a TSQL command. Use Query Analyzer/SQL Server Management
Studio.[vbcol=seagreen]
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:epaph8$f6s$1$8300dec7@.news.demon.co.uk...
in message[vbcol=seagreen]
reduced the actual used size[vbcol=seagreen]
supplied, can you tell me how to[vbcol=seagreen]
recognised ...
>
I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
How can I reduce the size of these?
I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
Many thanks
NEIL
You need to backup log before shrinking it
BACKUP LOG database_name WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY
On Jan 25, 1:05 pm, "Neil Jarman" <n...@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
> Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
> Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
> How can I reduce the size of these?
> I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
> Many thanks
> NEIL
|||Neil
http://www.karaszi.com/SQLServer/info_dont_shrink.asp
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:epa9v6$oo8$1$8300dec7@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Hi,
> I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
> Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
> Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
> How can I reduce the size of these?
> I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
> Many thanks
> NEIL
>
|||Thanks for both your replies.
I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced the
actual used size even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk space.
I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied, can
you tell me how to do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc
is not recognised ...
cheers,
NEIL
|||Hello,
Backup Log will clear up all the inactive postion of the log but will not
reduce the physical file. To reduce the physical
file you may need to SHRINK the LDF file using DBCC SHRINKFILE command. Take
a look into books online about
DBCC SHRINKFILE.
One more thing is schedule a frequent transaction log backup. This will
ensure that your LDF is not growing heavily as well as
make sure you have backup files to recover the database when required.
Thanks
Hari
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Thanks for both your replies.
> I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced
> the actual used size even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk
> space.
> I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied,
> can you tell me how to do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get
> dbcc is not recognised ...
> cheers,
> NEIL
>
|||Hi Tibor,
I used a CMD screen to do this - I presumed it was a DOS type command.
NEIL
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
message news:eWgPBBKQHHA.2140@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> What application are you using to execute the DBCC command?
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
>
|||Hi Tibor,
Many thanks for the help - my log file is massively reduced now.
regards,
NEIL
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
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> Nope, it is a TSQL command. Use Query Analyzer/SQL Server Management
Studio.[vbcol=seagreen]
> --
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> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
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supplied, can you tell me how to[vbcol=seagreen]
recognised ...
>
reducing size of log file
Hi,
I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
How can I reduce the size of these?
I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
Many thanks
NEILYou need to backup log before shrinking it
BACKUP LOG database_name WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY
On Jan 25, 1:05 pm, "Neil Jarman" <n...@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
> Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
> Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
> How can I reduce the size of these?
> I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
> Many thanks
> NEIL|||Neil
http://www.karaszi.com/SQLServer/info_dont_shrink.asp
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:epa9v6$oo8$1$8300dec7@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Hi,
> I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
> Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
> Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
> How can I reduce the size of these?
> I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
> Many thanks
> NEIL
>|||Thanks for both your replies.
I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced the
actual used size even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk space.
I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied, can
you tell me how to do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc
is not recognised ...
cheers,
NEIL|||Hello,
Backup Log will clear up all the inactive postion of the log but will not
reduce the physical file. To reduce the physical
file you may need to SHRINK the LDF file using DBCC SHRINKFILE command. Take
a look into books online about
DBCC SHRINKFILE.
One more thing is schedule a frequent transaction log backup. This will
ensure that your LDF is not growing heavily as well as
make sure you have backup files to recover the database when required.
Thanks
Hari
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Thanks for both your replies.
> I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced
> the actual used size even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk
> space.
> I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied,
> can you tell me how to do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get
> dbcc is not recognised ...
> cheers,
> NEIL
>|||> If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not recognised ...
What application are you using to execute the DBCC command?
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Thanks for both your replies.
> I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced t
he actual used size even
> miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk space.
> I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied, c
an you tell me how to do
> this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not recognised ..
.
> cheers,
> NEIL
>|||Hi Tibor,
I used a CMD screen to do this - I presumed it was a DOS type command.
NEIL
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
message news:eWgPBBKQHHA.2140@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> What application are you using to execute the DBCC command?
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
>|||Nope, it is a TSQL command. Use Query Analyzer/SQL Server Management Studio.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi Tibor,
> I used a CMD screen to do this - I presumed it was a DOS type command.
> NEIL
> "Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote i
n message
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Hi Tibor,
Many thanks for the help - my log file is massively reduced now.
regards,
NEIL
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
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> Nope, it is a TSQL command. Use Query Analyzer/SQL Server Management
Studio.
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:epaph8$f6s$1$8300dec7@.news.demon.co.uk...
in message[vbcol=seagreen]
reduced the actual used size[vbcol=seagreen]
supplied, can you tell me how to[vbcol=seagreen]
recognised ...[vbcol=seagreen]
>
I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
How can I reduce the size of these?
I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
Many thanks
NEILYou need to backup log before shrinking it
BACKUP LOG database_name WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY
On Jan 25, 1:05 pm, "Neil Jarman" <n...@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
> Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
> Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
> How can I reduce the size of these?
> I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
> Many thanks
> NEIL|||Neil
http://www.karaszi.com/SQLServer/info_dont_shrink.asp
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:epa9v6$oo8$1$8300dec7@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Hi,
> I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
> Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
> Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
> How can I reduce the size of these?
> I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
> Many thanks
> NEIL
>|||Thanks for both your replies.
I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced the
actual used size even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk space.
I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied, can
you tell me how to do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc
is not recognised ...
cheers,
NEIL|||Hello,
Backup Log will clear up all the inactive postion of the log but will not
reduce the physical file. To reduce the physical
file you may need to SHRINK the LDF file using DBCC SHRINKFILE command. Take
a look into books online about
DBCC SHRINKFILE.
One more thing is schedule a frequent transaction log backup. This will
ensure that your LDF is not growing heavily as well as
make sure you have backup files to recover the database when required.
Thanks
Hari
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Thanks for both your replies.
> I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced
> the actual used size even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk
> space.
> I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied,
> can you tell me how to do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get
> dbcc is not recognised ...
> cheers,
> NEIL
>|||> If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not recognised ...
What application are you using to execute the DBCC command?
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Thanks for both your replies.
> I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced t
he actual used size even
> miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk space.
> I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied, c
an you tell me how to do
> this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not recognised ..
.
> cheers,
> NEIL
>|||Hi Tibor,
I used a CMD screen to do this - I presumed it was a DOS type command.
NEIL
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
message news:eWgPBBKQHHA.2140@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> What application are you using to execute the DBCC command?
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
>|||Nope, it is a TSQL command. Use Query Analyzer/SQL Server Management Studio.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi Tibor,
> I used a CMD screen to do this - I presumed it was a DOS type command.
> NEIL
> "Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote i
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Hi Tibor,
Many thanks for the help - my log file is massively reduced now.
regards,
NEIL
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
message news:%23VKhZhKQHHA.3944@.TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Nope, it is a TSQL command. Use Query Analyzer/SQL Server Management
Studio.
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:epaph8$f6s$1$8300dec7@.news.demon.co.uk...
in message[vbcol=seagreen]
reduced the actual used size[vbcol=seagreen]
supplied, can you tell me how to[vbcol=seagreen]
recognised ...[vbcol=seagreen]
>
reducing size of log file
Hi,
I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
How can I reduce the size of these?
I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
Many thanks
NEILYou need to backup log before shrinking it
BACKUP LOG database_name WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY
On Jan 25, 1:05 pm, "Neil Jarman" <n...@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
> Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
> Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
> How can I reduce the size of these?
> I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
> Many thanks
> NEIL|||Neil
http://www.karaszi.com/SQLServer/info_dont_shrink.asp
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:epa9v6$oo8$1$8300dec7@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Hi,
> I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
> Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
> Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
> How can I reduce the size of these?
> I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
> Many thanks
> NEIL
>|||Thanks for both your replies.
I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced the
actual used size even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk space.
I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied, can
you tell me how to do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc
is not recognised ...
cheers,
NEIL|||Hello,
Backup Log will clear up all the inactive postion of the log but will not
reduce the physical file. To reduce the physical
file you may need to SHRINK the LDF file using DBCC SHRINKFILE command. Take
a look into books online about
DBCC SHRINKFILE.
One more thing is schedule a frequent transaction log backup. This will
ensure that your LDF is not growing heavily as well as
make sure you have backup files to recover the database when required.
Thanks
Hari
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Thanks for both your replies.
> I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced
> the actual used size even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk
> space.
> I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied,
> can you tell me how to do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get
> dbcc is not recognised ...
> cheers,
> NEIL
>|||> If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not recognised ...
What application are you using to execute the DBCC command?
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Thanks for both your replies.
> I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced the actual used size even
> miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk space.
> I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied, can you tell me how to do
> this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not recognised ...
> cheers,
> NEIL
>|||Hi Tibor,
I used a CMD screen to do this - I presumed it was a DOS type command.
NEIL
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
message news:eWgPBBKQHHA.2140@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not recognised ...
> What application are you using to execute the DBCC command?
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
>> Thanks for both your replies.
>> I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced
>> the actual used size even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk
>> space.
>> I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied,
>> can you tell me how to do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I
>> get dbcc is not recognised ...
>> cheers,
>> NEIL
>|||Nope, it is a TSQL command. Use Query Analyzer/SQL Server Management Studio.
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:epaph8$f6s$1$8300dec7@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Hi Tibor,
> I used a CMD screen to do this - I presumed it was a DOS type command.
> NEIL
> "Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in message
> news:eWgPBBKQHHA.2140@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not recognised ...
>> What application are you using to execute the DBCC command?
>> --
>> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
>> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
>> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>>
>> "Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
>> Thanks for both your replies.
>> I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced the actual used size
>> even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk space.
>> I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied, can you tell me how to
>> do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not recognised ...
>> cheers,
>> NEIL
>>
>|||Hi Tibor,
Many thanks for the help - my log file is massively reduced now.
regards,
NEIL
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
message news:%23VKhZhKQHHA.3944@.TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Nope, it is a TSQL command. Use Query Analyzer/SQL Server Management
Studio.
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:epaph8$f6s$1$8300dec7@.news.demon.co.uk...
> > Hi Tibor,
> >
> > I used a CMD screen to do this - I presumed it was a DOS type command.
> >
> > NEIL
> >
> > "Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote
in message
> > news:eWgPBBKQHHA.2140@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not recognised ...
> >>
> >> What application are you using to execute the DBCC command?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> >> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> >> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
> >>
> >>
> >> "Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
> >> Thanks for both your replies.
> >>
> >> I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has
reduced the actual used size
> >> even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk space.
> >>
> >> I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article
supplied, can you tell me how to
> >> do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not
recognised ...
> >>
> >> cheers,
> >>
> >> NEIL
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
How can I reduce the size of these?
I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
Many thanks
NEILYou need to backup log before shrinking it
BACKUP LOG database_name WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY
On Jan 25, 1:05 pm, "Neil Jarman" <n...@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
> Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
> Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
> How can I reduce the size of these?
> I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
> Many thanks
> NEIL|||Neil
http://www.karaszi.com/SQLServer/info_dont_shrink.asp
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:epa9v6$oo8$1$8300dec7@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Hi,
> I have SQL 2000 running on W2000.
> Some of my data has huge log files - eg 5Gb log for a DB of 50Mb.
> Under properties, it reports that it is 95% space.
> How can I reduce the size of these?
> I have tried the shrink option bu it doesn't help.
> Many thanks
> NEIL
>|||Thanks for both your replies.
I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced the
actual used size even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk space.
I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied, can
you tell me how to do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc
is not recognised ...
cheers,
NEIL|||Hello,
Backup Log will clear up all the inactive postion of the log but will not
reduce the physical file. To reduce the physical
file you may need to SHRINK the LDF file using DBCC SHRINKFILE command. Take
a look into books online about
DBCC SHRINKFILE.
One more thing is schedule a frequent transaction log backup. This will
ensure that your LDF is not growing heavily as well as
make sure you have backup files to recover the database when required.
Thanks
Hari
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Thanks for both your replies.
> I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced
> the actual used size even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk
> space.
> I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied,
> can you tell me how to do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get
> dbcc is not recognised ...
> cheers,
> NEIL
>|||> If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not recognised ...
What application are you using to execute the DBCC command?
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
> Thanks for both your replies.
> I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced the actual used size even
> miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk space.
> I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied, can you tell me how to do
> this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not recognised ...
> cheers,
> NEIL
>|||Hi Tibor,
I used a CMD screen to do this - I presumed it was a DOS type command.
NEIL
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
message news:eWgPBBKQHHA.2140@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not recognised ...
> What application are you using to execute the DBCC command?
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
>> Thanks for both your replies.
>> I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced
>> the actual used size even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk
>> space.
>> I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied,
>> can you tell me how to do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I
>> get dbcc is not recognised ...
>> cheers,
>> NEIL
>|||Nope, it is a TSQL command. Use Query Analyzer/SQL Server Management Studio.
--
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi Tibor,
> I used a CMD screen to do this - I presumed it was a DOS type command.
> NEIL
> "Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in message
> news:eWgPBBKQHHA.2140@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not recognised ...
>> What application are you using to execute the DBCC command?
>> --
>> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
>> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
>> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>>
>> "Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
>> Thanks for both your replies.
>> I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has reduced the actual used size
>> even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk space.
>> I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article supplied, can you tell me how to
>> do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not recognised ...
>> cheers,
>> NEIL
>>
>|||Hi Tibor,
Many thanks for the help - my log file is massively reduced now.
regards,
NEIL
"Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote in
message news:%23VKhZhKQHHA.3944@.TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Nope, it is a TSQL command. Use Query Analyzer/SQL Server Management
Studio.
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
> "Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:epaph8$f6s$1$8300dec7@.news.demon.co.uk...
> > Hi Tibor,
> >
> > I used a CMD screen to do this - I presumed it was a DOS type command.
> >
> > NEIL
> >
> > "Tibor Karaszi" <tibor_please.no.email_karaszi@.hotmail.nomail.com> wrote
in message
> > news:eWgPBBKQHHA.2140@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not recognised ...
> >>
> >> What application are you using to execute the DBCC command?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> >> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> >> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
> >>
> >>
> >> "Neil Jarman" <neil@.tNOiSPAMvPLEASEy.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> news:epaec9$p5e$1$830fa7b3@.news.demon.co.uk...
> >> Thanks for both your replies.
> >>
> >> I have bvacked up log - using EM Backup Database... and this has
reduced the actual used size
> >> even miore, however it still occupies 5Gb of disk space.
> >>
> >> I can't seem to use the DBCC commands described in the article
supplied, can you tell me how to
> >> do this? If I type DBCC followed by anything, I get dbcc is not
recognised ...
> >>
> >> cheers,
> >>
> >> NEIL
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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